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[Heads-Up] First-Ever Russian Malicious Mac Macro Discovered

Appleinsider reported Feb 9, 2017: "Mac malware discovered in Microsoft Word document with auto-running macro", which was the second example of malware targeting macOS users this week. ...

CRYSIS Ransomware Is Back And Uses RDP Brute Force To Attack U.S. Healthcare Orgs

Remember the CRYSIS ransomware? The attacks started up again, mostly targeting US healthcare orgs. using brute force attacks via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The number of attacks has ...

How Hacking Became Russia’s Weapon of Choice

A study by the World Bank stated that Russia boasts more than 1 million software specialists involved in research and development. Russian illegal cyber warriors are among the most ...

CyberheistNews Vol 7 #6 [IRS ALERT] Scam of the Week Blends CEO Fraud and W-2 Phishing

Fake Netflix App Is Actually Ransomware

Kaspersky warned on their blog: "People are downloading a new app, looking to get free access to Netflix accounts. What they’re actually getting is a malware strain called Netix that ...

Careless Licking Gets A Nasty Ransomware Phishing Infection: 1,000+ Machines Down

More than 1,000 government computer systems shut down. A county in Ohio, US, has had to shut down its entire IT infrastructure due to a ransomware infection. County Auditor Mike Smith ...

Scam Of The Week Blends CEO Fraud And W-2 Phishing

I have talked about CEO fraud here many times — e-mail attacks spoofing the boss and social engineering a high-risk employee into wiring funds to a bank account controlled by the bad ...

Cisco: "Spam makes major comeback. Users are your last line of defense".

Whoa Nellie. Just when you thought that spam was on its way out, Cisco’s 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report shows the opposite. Spam is making a surprising comeback as a threat to your ...

Campbell County Health Falls Victim To W-2 CEO Fraud

And another one. You have to watch it, the tax scam season is back in full swing. Full W-2 information including SSN# for more than 1,400 employees who worked over the past year at ...

Sedgwick County Loses $566,000 Due To CEO Fraud

WICHITA, Kansas - A Georgia man has been arrested on federal charges he carried out an e-mail spoofing scheme that cost Sedgwick County $566,000. George S. James, 48, Brookhaven, Ga., is ...